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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Preliminary Screening Examination: The questions in Preliminary ScreeningExamination will be of a ‘Multiple choice Objective type’ Paper comprising questions on(i) General Knowledge & Current Affairs (20 marks), (ii) General Intelligence andSimple Arithmetic (10 marks). Each question will carry 01 (one) mark and the paper willbe of 01(one) hour’s duration. Candidates will be required to qualify the testcumulatively. The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.General Knowledge & Current Affairs: Questions will be designed to test thecandidate’s general knowledge of the environment around him and its applicationto society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events andof such matters of every day observation and experience. The test will alsoinclude questions relating mainly to the State of West Bengal and other States ofIndia especially pertaining to Sports, History, Literature, Culture and Geography,Economic Scene, Polity etc.General Intelligence & Simple Arithmetic: The syllabus for GeneralIntelligence would include questions of both verbal and non verbal type. The testmay include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization,problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory,discrimination observation, relationship, concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbaland figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. The test will also includequestions designed to test the candidates' abilities to deal with abstract ideas, anysymbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analyticalfunctions.Written Examination: The questions in the Written Examination will be on (i) GeneralEnglish (10 marks) and (ii) Arithmetic (05 marks). The Test will be of 01 (One) Hour’sduration. Candidates will be required to qualify in each of the tests separately. TheCommission will have full discretion to fix the minimum qualifying marks cumulatively.The Questions will be set in Bengali and English versions.General English: Candidates’ understanding of the fundamentals of the EnglishLanguage such as Vocabulary, Grammar, Sentence Structure, Synonyms,Antonyms and its correct usage etc.Arithmetic: Questions of this component will cover number system includingquestions on simplification, decimals, fractions, LCM, HCF, Average, Ratio andproportion, percentage, profit and loss, discount, simple interest, time and work,time and distance.